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Drawing

Transportation Museum

Date: 1957
Description: Plot plan for a proposed transportation museum.
Photograph

Brule-St. Croix Portage Marker

Date: 1962
Description: Historical marker of the portage between the Brule and St. Croix Rivers. The marker was erected in 1962.
Photograph

Chief Clerk's Force

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait outside the Wisconsin State Capitol of the Chief Clerk's Force, Wisconsin Assembly. In the front row from left to right are Femrite, West, Pinkert...
Manuscript

Alvah Bessie Summons

Date: 09 18 1947
Description: A summons issued by the United States House of Representatives for Alvah Bessie to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee to testify.
Photograph

Portrait of Rudolph Valentino from The Son of the Sheik

Date: 1926
Description: Rudolph Valentino stands with his hands on his hips and wears a white turban in a publicity still from The Son of the Sheik (UA, 1926).
Photograph

Chores

Date: 09 03 1965
Description: Dale Gross (1908-1980) in silhouette carrying two pails into a barn.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Circus Lore

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d...
Print

Heider Tractor Advertising Brochure

Date: 1916
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Rock Island Plow Company advertising Heider tractors. The brochure features a color illustration of a man using a...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractors Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for Heider tractors produced by Rock Island Implements. The advertisement features color illustrations of men using H...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractor and Implement Brochure

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising Heider friction transmission tractors and tractor-drawn implements.
Magazine or Periodical

Tractor Tilling Cartoon

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cartoon entitled :"A Hint to The Sceptic" featuring a conversation between a farmer and a mule, intended to entice farmers into trying Smith Form-a-Tractor...
Document

International Harvester Company Annual Report

Date: 1944
Description: Cover of International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a photograph of Marines using International Harvester equipment during the invasion of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Kardell 4-in-1 Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Pamphlet advertising the Kardell 4-in-1 tractor, featuring a photograph of the machinery as well as inset illustrations of the tractor in use on a farm.
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson 15-30 special road-building tractor. The cover features a partial color illustration of two men using a La...
Print

The Greatest Weapon

Date: 1918
Description: Wartime advertisement for Kardell tractors featuring an illustration of a farmer using a team of two horses to work in a field, along with the headline: "L...
Photograph

Keith R. Potter

Date: 1966
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Keith R. Potter. Potter was employed by International Harvester Company in May of 1947 and served as assistant credit manager, s...
Book or Pamphlet

Bates Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Bates Model D Steel Mule tractor featuring an illustration of the tractor and a title reading: "The End of the Sea...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover for a pamphlet advertising the General Motors Company Samson tractor with "sieve-grip." Includes photo illustration of a tractor pulling a Deer...
Manuscript

Aldo Leopold Letter

Date: 08 21 1929
Description: A letter written by Aldo Leopold addressed to M.B. Olbrich.
Print

International Schoolmaster

Date: 1963
Description: Color illustration of a school bus driver steering an International Schoolmaster school bus past a residence. The text on the illustration reads: "Internat...

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